Ed Bishop
Known for Acting · 110 credits
- Born
- 1932-06-11
- Died
- 2005-06-08
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn - New York - USA
- Also known as
- Edward Bishop · George Victor Bishop
Biography
George Victor Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005), known professionally as Ed Bishop or sometimes Edward Bishop, was an American actor. He was known for playing Commander Ed Straker in UFO, Captain Blue in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and for voicing Philip Marlowe in a series of BBC Radio adaptations of the Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler.
Bishop made his film acting debut as an ambulance driver in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 movie Lolita. He played an American astronaut going to the Moon in the film The Mouse on the Moon (1963) and also appeared in The Bedford Incident (1965) and Battle Beneath the Earth (1967). He had small speaking roles in the James Bond films You Only Live Twice (1967) and Diamonds Are Forever (1971), but was not included in the film credits for either. He appeared in a second Kubrick film, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), in which he played the Captain of the Aries 1B Moon shuttle. The role initially featured dialogue but this was later cut from his scenes.
Bishop appeared in various film and television projects created by producer Gerry Anderson. He provided narration, in addition to the voice of Captain Blue, for Anderson's Supermarionation puppet series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967), and appeared in Anderson's science-fiction film Doppelgänger (1969). Perhaps his most prominent screen role was that of Commander Ed Straker in Anderson's science-fiction series UFO (1970–71). Bishop's dark hair was initially dyed blond for the role, though he eventually wore a blond wig instead.
In later years, he appeared in films such as Twilight's Last Gleaming, Saturn 3, Silver Dream Racer, and The Lords of Discipline. He provided vocal work for the 1974 animated TV series of Star Trek, and appeared as Lieutenant Colonel Harrity in the final episode of the British World War II prisoner-of-war drama Colditz. In the 1980s, he made several appearances on The Kenny Everett Television Show, Whoops Apocalypse (he also appeared in the subsequent film), and had a role in the children's television series Chocky's Children.
He continued to act on film, TV and radio, usually in British and European productions, and was a frequent guest at science fiction conventions. He and fellow Anderson actor Shane Rimmer (a Canadian actor who often worked in the UK) joked about how frequently their professional paths crossed and termed themselves "Rent-a-yank". They appeared together as NASA operatives in the opening of You Only Live Twice and as United States Navy sailors in The Bedford Incident, as well as the 1983 film of the Harold Robbins novel The Lonely Lady. In 1989, Bishop was reunited with Rimmer and another Anderson actor, Matt Zimmerman, in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet. He and Rimmer also toured together in theatre shows, including Death of a Salesman in the 1990s, and they both appeared in the BBC drama-documentary Hiroshima (2005), one of Bishop's last TV projects.
Known For
TV Shows (39)
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Edward Banner
The Saint
1962
as George Felson / Tony Allard / Cy Imberline
Waking the Dead
2001
as Tyler
The Professionals
1977
as Dr. Ernest Harbinger / Braddock
Theatre 625
1964
as Padfield
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969
as David Beeston
Thriller
1973
as Carson / Gang Boss (voice)
The Protectors
1972
as Colonel John Hunter
Performance
1991
as Stanton Case
UFO
1970
as Ed Straker
Out of the Unknown
1965
as Commandant Tom Decker
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
1967
as Narrator / Captain Blue (voice)
2Point4 Children
1991
as Chet
Star Trek
1973
as Asmodeus (voice) (uncredited)
The Kenny Everett Television Show
1982
as Various
Man in a Suitcase
1967
The Adventurer
1972
as Wayne
Orson Welles' Great Mysteries
1973
as The Millionaire
Warship
1973
Colditz
1972
as Lt. Col. Harrity
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Pinkerton
Strange Report
1969
as Moran
Quiller
1975
as Frank Ilroy
Two's Company
1975
as Jack
1990
1977
Just Good Friends
1983
as Vernon
Worlds Beyond
1986
as Mr Hitchcock
Breakaway
1980
as Scott Douglas
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye
1983
as District Attorney
Wilde Alliance
1978
as Wingman
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles
1987
as Strasser
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Karl
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
as Jay Garrick
The Demon Headmaster
1996
as TV Supremo
Space Cadets
1997
as Self
The Mad Death
1983
as Tom Siegler
Kelly Monteith
1979
Take a Letter, Mr Jones
1981
as Joe Bradley
Movies (71)
2001: A Space Odyssey
1968
as Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
Lolita
1962
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
You Only Live Twice
1967
as Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
Diamonds Are Forever
1971
as Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
Threads
1985
as US President (voice) (uncredited)
Saturn 3
1980
as Harding (uncredited)
Brass Target
1978
as Col. Stewart
Pets
1973
as Victor Stackman
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Maj. Fox
Doppelgänger
1969
as David Poulson
Hiroshima
2005
as Stimson
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Lieutenant Hacker U.S.N. - Communications
S.O.S. Titanic
1980
as Henry Harris
Madame Claude
1977
as Smith
The Lonely Lady
1983
as Dr. Baker
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure
1999
as Sentry
Judgment in Berlin
1988
as Dyson Wilde
The Desperados
1969
as Army Captain (voice)
The Mouse on the Moon
1963
as American Astronaut (as Edward Bishop)
Whoops Apocalypse
1986
as Wink Persiman (TV interviewer)
The War Lover
1962
as Vogt
Funny Man
1994
as Card Player
Restless Natives
1985
as Reporter
Nutcracker
1982
as Sam Dozier
The Fifth Missile
1986
as Adm. Stewart Cullinane
Man in the Middle
1964
Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars
1981
as Captain Blue (voice)
Invasion: UFO
1980
as Cmdr. Ed Straker
Calliope
1994
as Lewis Belvedere
The Serpent of Death
1990
as Grant
Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
1981
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
1985
UFO: Take them Alive
1972
as Comandante Edward Straker
The Baron: Mystery Island
1972
as Operations Officer
Born to Ride
1991
as Dr. Tate
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
1981
as Stainless Steel (voice)
2001: The Making of a Myth
2001
as Self
Testimony
1988
as American Commentator
Turnaround
1987
as Gerald
Battle Beneath the Earth
1967
as Lt. Cmdr. Vance Cassidy (as Edward Bishop)
Wynne and Penkovsky
1985
as Alexander
Broken Glass
1996
as Stanton Case
UFO: Destroy Luna Base!
1971
as Comandante Edward Straker
Captain Scarlet vs. The Mysterons
1980
as Captain Blue (voice)
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
1999
as Carstairs
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as Pinkerton
UFO: Red alert... Attack on Earth!
1971
as Comandante Ed Straker
White Christmas
1995
Silver Dream Racer
1980
as Al Peterson
500!
2001
as Padre Jones
London Is Drowning
1981
as American reporter
Dylan: The Life and Death of a Poet
1978
as Prof. Goonmeyer
Three Wishes for Jamie
1987
as Proddy
Into Infinity
1975
as TV Announcer
Automania 2000
1964
as Narrator
This Is Supermarionation
2014
as Captain Blue (voice)
Nurse Will Make It Better
1975
as Carson
Children of the Gods
1979
as Brother Bethlehem
Chocky's Children
1985
as Dr. Deacon
The Candy Show
1989
as Geoffrey
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Beach Head
1969
as Commandant Tom Decker
Death in Deep Water
1975
as Gang Boss (voice)
UFO: Radar contact... They're landing!
1974
UFO: Annihilate S.H.A.D.O. Kill Straker...Stop
1972
as Com.te Ed Straker
Paul Starr
1964
as Paul Starr (voice)
Butch Minds the Baby
1979
as Damon Runyon (voice)
Nudism: The Inside Story
1992
as Narrator (voice)
Target: Captain Black!
as Captain Blue (voice)
Captain Scarlet and the Return of the Mysterons
1999
as Captain Blue (voice)
Big City
1963
as Narrator (as Edward Bishop)
About Ed Bishop
George Victor Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005), known professionally as Ed Bishop or sometimes Edward Bishop, was an American actor. He was known for playing Commander Ed Straker in UFO, Captain Blue in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and for voicing Philip Marlowe in a series of BBC Radio adaptations of the Marlowe novels by Raymond Chandler. Bishop made his film acting debut as an ambulance driver in Stanley Kubrick's 1962 movie Lolita. He played an American astronaut going to the Moon in the film The Mouse on the Moon (1963) and also a… With 110 credits spanning from 1951 to 2022, Ed Bishop has appeared in 71 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Ed Bishop Movies
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) — as Aries-1B Lunar Shuttle Captain
- Lolita (1962) — as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
- You Only Live Twice (1967) — as Hawaii CapCom (uncredited)
- Diamonds Are Forever (1971) — as Klaus Hergersheimer (uncredited)
- Threads (1985) — as US President (voice) (uncredited)
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